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Category: Letters

Posted on February 9, 2026January 8, 2026

We need a sense of balance to keep us well-poised between praise and ridicule; the important point for us is to accept everything with equal conformity to the will of God.

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Where in your life has God asked you to grow?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on February 7, 2026January 8, 2026

Pray much for vocations and encourage any you may find.

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How might you reflect the image of God in yourself to another person today?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on February 6, 2026January 8, 2026

This is one condition that is essential for the future of the congregation: your own generous cooperation with the grace of your vocation.

How might you be an image-bearer of God today?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on February 5, 2026January 8, 2026

We should not count on individual talents to assure the successful cultivation of the portion of the Lord’s vineyard to which we have been called, but rather on the spirit of faith.

How has God used your weaknesses to proclaim the message of God?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on February 4, 2026January 8, 2026

We have been blessed with ever-increasing success; this bears the stamp of God’s marvelous providence and should inspire us with confidence in God.

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Reflect on the text. What does it say to your experience?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on February 2, 2026January 8, 2026

If we seek only God’s glory and are ready to make every sacrifice for so good a ruler, then the more trials we have to face, the better everything will succeed.

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St. Brother André Bessette, CSC, spent a life of simple hospitality. Reflect upon how you might extend hospitality to someone today who might not otherwise be seen.

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 31, 2026January 8, 2026

Continue, my dear friend, to devote yourself to developing the interior life; without this, we are simply wasting our time.

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With Basile Moreau, let us pray: “Lord, give me a heart more worthy of you; rather, make mine gentle, humble, zealous, and loving like yours.” How does this prayer impact you?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 29, 2026January 8, 2026

I feel the need of recommending to you the spirit of union; love one another, without any distinctions among you.

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Reflect upon the text. How will your day impact the poor and the marginalized today?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 28, 2026January 8, 2026

Let us not forget that the development of the work entrusted to us depends upon our acceptance of the inspirations of grace and fidelity to seconding the designs of providence.

In your own life, who is the marginalized person that you encounter daily, and how might the text today impact your encounter with them?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Posted on January 27, 2026January 8, 2026

We have to do with a God who knows the clay from which we are made, so let us strive to be what we will want to be by the time of our death.

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How might you open yourself today to the mystery of God expressed through Jesus?

Today’s text is drawn from Moreau’s Letters.

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Blessed Father Moreau was a French priest in the nineteenth century who founded the Congregation of Holy Cross, an order dedicated to educating hearts and minds.

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